Performing the (imagi)nation: A Bangladesh Mise-en-scene

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The present world, especially the Muslim world, is in turmoil. Traditional, political, religious, and cultural identities no longer define national identity or contribute to a sense of belonging to the greater qnation of Islam.q In this dissertation, I examine the identity crisis of the people of Bangladesh, a nation where religious, political, and cultural identities are in constant debate. I argue that political identity alone cannot be the basis of a stable nation. The attempts at forming a nation, and the failure to do so, are reflected in various performance genres.professor Kabir Chowdhury mentions in his essay aquot;The Language Movement and
Bangla Academyaquot; that the Bangla Academy ... The most significant annual event
at the Bangla Academy is the one month long Boi Mela or Book Fair on theanbsp;...

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Performing the (imagi)nation: A Bangladesh Mise-en-scene

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Saleque Khan

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ProQuest - 2007

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